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Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) releases selected data for Q1
Apr 28, 2009 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) has provided selected data related to the first quarter (1Q) ended March 31, 2009. TPSA's broadband total customer base was up 11%, strongly supported by TV subscriptions four times above the Q1 2008 level.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Verizon Reports Results for 1Q 2009
Apr 27, 2009 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported its results for the first quarter 2009. Verizon added 299,000 net new FiOS TV customers to give a total of 2.2 million, an increase of 83.8 percent compared with the first quarter 2008.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Global pay set-top box market to peak in 2012
Apr 27, 2009 – Media analyst Screen Digest forecasts that the global pay TV set-top box (STB) market will peak within the next four years, reaching annual shipments of 127m units in 2012, before the market declines in 2013.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

SD DTT Set Top Box Semiconductors to Peak in 2011
Apr 27, 2009 – The semiconductor opportunity in standard definition (SD) Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) Set Top Boxes will peak in 2011 at nearly $500 million. High-definition DTT Set Top Boxes also offer a short term spike in semiconductor opportunity.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

TeliaSonera January-March 2009
Apr 24, 2009 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) net sales increased 11.5 percent to SEK 27,204 million (24,398). The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 100,000 from the first quarter 2008 to 688,000, of which 509,000 were IPTV subscriptions, up 102,000.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Eesti Telekom (Elion) issues 1st quarter report
Apr 24, 2009 – Eesti Telekom (Tallinn: ETLAT) has released its results for the 1st quarter of 2009, ending 31 March, 2009. By the end of the first quarter, Elion had 86.9 thousand IP and cable television customers (31 March 2008: 63.2 thousand).
News categories: Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Canada's broadcasting revenues reach 10 billion Canadian dollars
Apr 23, 2009 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released statistical and financial summaries for Canadian broadcasting distribution companies. Revenues in the sector surpassed $10 billion for the first time ever in 2008.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

China DTV Conversion Complete In 2015
Apr 22, 2009 – A strong national will, anchored to government incentives, will continue to fuel the growth of digital TV (DTV) in China, according to a new report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA).
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

MPA Sees Strong Asia Pacific Pay-TV Subs Growth
Apr 22, 2009 – Against the background of a poor global macroeconomic environment, media owners and investors focused on Asia Pacific can take comfort from the defensive nature of the region's pay-TV and broadband industries, according to a Media Partners Asia report.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam